Citations:sleepy dust
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English citations of sleepy dust
Noun: "(informal) rheum crusted around the eyes from sleep"[edit]
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- 2004 — Bill Hawkins, Sky-Blue Sailor, Trafford Publishing (2004), →ISBN, page 4:
- 'What's that?' yawned Laura, emerging from under the bed clothes, rubbing the sleepy dust from her eyes […]
- 2006 — Michael Sutton, No Mind Any Man, Vanguard Press (2006), →ISBN, page 72:
- "Don't worry about me. I'll sleep by myself in the cave," sulks Flow, coming towards Jughen, rubbing sleepy dust out of her eyes.
- 2008 — Darby Checketts, Who Owns The World?: The Parable of Tehya, iUniverse (2008), →ISBN, page 3:
- She wiped the sleepy dust from the corner of each eye as she sat up.
- 2008 — Kathleen McCleary, House and Home, Hyperion Books (2008), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- Ellen looked at her, at her face, now serious, with traces of sleepy dust still in the corners of her eyes.
- 2011 — Gary Soto, When Dad Came Back, University Press of New England (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- The pup's eyes were closed, and sleepy dust clogged the corners of his eyes.